Government to censor the Internet

[SGB]

I'm going to ask a stupid question here which I believe I already know the answer to - but will this include a complete blanket ban of all P2P sites such as Piratebay and ISOHunt?

It theoretically could.

However, three of Australia's largest internet service providers have agreed to voluntarily block online child pornography material ahead of the Federal Government's planned internet filter. This includes Telstra, Optus and Primus.

What reports have been failing to say is that the fiter will be mandatory for Optus customers. It looks like it'll be mandatory for Telstra customers too. It's likely to be the same for iPrimus customers as well.

So if anyone here is with any of those three ISPs I recommend switching to another ISP ASAP. And let Telstra/Optus/iPrimus know why you're switching to a different ISP.

[dirge]

This is most likely a way to go to the next election with the filter still on the table for the types who want it (and somehow think it'll work) while placating the much larger - less politically influencial - group who want this filter canned.

Which means either they'll 1) wise up and dump it once re-elected (I suspect this is the case - there's more than enough evidence in Conroy's intray) or 2) bring it back soon after the election.

[SGB]

while placating the much larger - less politically influencial - group who want this filter canned.

If the Govt were trying to placate, then they've failed by allowing Optus, Telstra and iPrimus to proceed with their own mandatory censorship systems.

[DarkHyren]

So, Telstra, Optus and Primus are going to block material that hardly exists then.
Good for them!

Telstra, Optus and Primus would censor a list of child abuse URLs compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority

I want to know what they will actually be blocking.
Probally a list full of dead links, child modeling agencies (the kind that put pics in the Target catalog), and sites that claim to be teen porn but are the type of "teens" that are like 25 and just pretending.
It's the Swedish internet censorship list all over again

[SGB]

Lateline had a brief piece on the filter this evening. It was balanced, however one thing stood out: an Optus rep admitted filters won't stop availability of CP.

Then dear Optus, why the hell are you implementing one?!

[SGB]

Sky News have a poll running: "Should the government scrap its planned introduction of a mandatory internet filter?"

You all know what option to vote for.

[SGB]

Q&A: National Party Senator, Barnaby Joyce, on ISP filtering, Telstra and the NBN

The idiotic Barnaby has likely cost the Nationals some votes.

So that's the Nats and Labor I'll be placing at the bottom of the ballot.

[SGB]

Piece by Mark Newton:

Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss

[SGB]

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